major update releases – CUNY Academic Commons Development Blog

Major plugin and theme updates for November 24, 2020

The following plugins will receive major updates as part of the 1.17.8 release of the CUNY Academic Commons, scheduled for November 24, 2020:

Atomic Blocks – Gutenberg Blocks Collection (2.9)
Blubrry PowerPress (8.4)
Contact Form 7 (5.3)
Debug Bar (1.1)
Enable Media Replace (3.5)
Google Analytics for WordPress by MonsterInsights (7.13)
Gutenberg (9.3)
Jetpack by WordPress.com (9.0)
Link Library (6.7)
Popup Maker (1.13)
Redirection (4.9)
Simple Tags (2.62)
Smash Balloon Custom Facebook Feed (2.17)
Smash Balloon Instagram Feed (2.5)
Super RSS Reader (4.0)
Yet Another Related Posts Plugin (YARPP) (5.10)
Yoast SEO (15.2)

The following theme will receive major updates as part of the 1.17.8 release of the CUNY Academic Commons, scheduled for November 24, 2020:

Sydney (1.71)
Basic (Themify) (5.0)

For more details on major update releases, please visit our release schedule and procedures page.

Major plugin and theme updates for October 27, 2020

The following plugins will receive major updates as part of the 1.17.6 release of the CUNY Academic Commons, scheduled for October 27, 2020:

Broadcast (46.14)
BuddyPress (6.3)
Custom Post Type UI (1.8)
Gutenberg (9.1)
Kadence Blocks – Gutenberg Blocks for Page Builder Features (1.9)
Knight Lab TimelineJS (3.8)
Password Protected (2.4)
Popup Maker (1.12)
Require Post Category (2.1)
Simple Tags (2.61)
Smush (3.7)
Super RSS Reader (3.2)
The Events Calendar (5.2)
Theme Check (20200922.1)
WP Better Emails (0.4)
Yet Another Related Posts Plugin (YARPP) (5.9)
Yoast SEO (15.0)

The following theme will receive major updates as part of the 1.17.6 release of the CUNY Academic Commons, scheduled for October 27, 2020:

OceanWP (1.9)
Sydney (1.70)

For more details on major update releases, please visit our release schedule and procedures page.

Major plugin and theme updates for September 22, 2020

Version 1.17.3 of the CUNY Academic Commons will include a major update to WordPress, series 5.5.x.

The following plugins will receive major updates as part of the 1.17.3 release of the CUNY Academic Commons, scheduled for September 22, 2020:

AMP (2.0)
Advanced Custom Fields (5.9)
Author Avatars List/Block (2.1)
Broadcast (46.12)
BuddyPress (6.2)
BuddyPress Group Email Subscription (4.0)
Classic Editor (1.6)
Custom Post Type Widgets (1.3)
Draw Attention (1.9)
Elementor (3.0)
Event Organiser (3.10)
Event Tickets (5.0)
FeedWordPress (2020.818)
GD bbPress Attachments (4.1)
Geo Mashup (1.13)
Gravity Forms (2.4) (Gravity)
Gutenberg (8.9)
Jetpack by WordPress.com (8.9)
Knight Lab TimelineJS (3.7)
Link Library (6.6)
MC4WP: Mailchimp for WordPress (4.8)
Media Library Assistant (2.84)
MetaSlider (3.17)
Quick Page/Post Redirect Plugin (5.2)
Quiz And Survey Master (7.1)
Smash Balloon Custom Facebook Feed (2.16)
Subscribe2 (10.34)
TablePress (1.12)
Text Hover (4.0)
Theme Check (20200731.1)
WP Ajaxify Comments (1.7)
WP OAuth Server (3.8)
WP-EMail (2.68)
WP-PostRatings (1.89)
Yet Another Related Posts Plugin (YARPP) (5.7)
Yoast SEO (14.9)

The following theme will receive major updates as part of the 1.17.3 release of the CUNY Academic Commons, scheduled for September 22, 2020:

Author (1.41)
Basic (2.4) (Themify)
ColorMag (2.0)
Customizr (4.3)
Hemingway (2.1)
Sydney (1.67)
Twenty Eleven (3.5)
Twenty Fifteen (2.7)
Twenty Fourteen (2.9)
Twenty Nineteen (1.7)
Twenty Seventeen (2.4)
Twenty Sixteen (2.2)
Twenty Ten (3.1)
Twenty Thirteen (3.1)
Twenty Twelve (3.2)
Twenty Twenty (1.5)

For more details on major update releases, please visit our release schedule and procedures page.

Major plugin and theme updates for July 28, 2020

The regularly scheduled release on July 28 (the fourth Tuesday of July) is a major-update release for plugins and themes. This release is also a major feature release for the Commons, and will have the version number 1.17.0.

The following plugins will receive major updates as part of the 1.17.0 release of the CUNY Academic Commons, scheduled for July 28, 2020:

Broadcast (46.7)
BuddyPress (6.1)
Business Directory Plugin (5.7)
Contact Form 7 (5.2)
Download Manager (3.1)
Enable Media Replace (3.4)
Fullwidth Page Templates (1.1)
Gravity PDF (5.3)
Gutenberg (8.4)
Jetpack by WordPress.com (8.7)
List category posts (0.83)
Popup Maker (1.11)
Theme Check (20200612.1)
Yoast SEO (14.4)

The following theme will receive major updates as part of the 1.17.0 release of the CUNY Academic Commons, scheduled for July 28, 2020:

Basic (Themify) (2.4)
Sydney (1.64)
Twenty Nineteen (1.6)
Twenty Twenty (1.4)

For more details on major update releases, please visit our release schedule and procedures page.

Commons 1.16.14

I’ve just released version 1.16.14 of the CUNY Academic Commons. This maintenance release is a major-update release for plugins and themes. It includes the following fixes:

Improved display of Creative Commons license on sites
Improved handling of data cleanup after user is spammed on a subsite
Improved user flow when requesting data export
Embeds for Loom and Knowmia services

Major plugin and theme updates for May 26, 2020

The following plugins will receive major updates as part of the 1.16.12 release of the CUNY Academic Commons, scheduled for May 26, 2020:

Atomic Blocks – Gutenberg Blocks Collection (2.8)
Author Avatars List (2.0)
Better Search (2.5)
Broadcast (46.6)
BuddyPress (5.2)
Event Tickets (4.12)
Gravity Forms (Gravity Forms) (2.4)
Gutenberg (8.0)
Jetpack by WordPress.com (8.5)
Kadence Blocks – Gutenberg Page Builder Toolkit (1.8)
Media Library Assistant (2.83)
Open Graph and Twitter Card Tags (2.3)
Popup Maker (1.10)
Simple Custom Post Order (2.5)
Smash Balloon Custom Facebook Feed (2.14)
Smash Balloon Instagram Feed (2.4)
Super RSS Reader (3.1)
The Events Calendar (5.1)
WP Inventory (2.0)
Widget Context (1.3)
Yoast SEO (14.0)

The following theme will receive major updates as part of the 1.16.12 release of the CUNY Academic Commons, scheduled for May 26, 2020:

Basic (Themify) (2.3)
Hemingway (2.0)
Sydney (1.61)

For more details on major update releases, please visit our release schedule and procedures page.

Major plugin and theme updates for April 28, 2020

The 1.16.9 release of the CUNY Academic Commons will include a major update for WordPress, to the 5.4 series.

The following plugins will receive major updates as part of the 1.16.9 release of the CUNY Academic Commons, scheduled for April 28, 2020:

Atomic Blocks – Gutenberg Blocks Collection (2.7)
Broadcast (46.5)
Categories Images (3.0)
Imsanity (2.6)
Link Library (6.4)
Media Library Assistant (2.82)
MetaSlider (3.16)
NextGEN Gallery (3.3)
Shortcodes Ultimate (5.8)
Smash Balloon Custom Facebook Feed (2.13)
Smash Balloon Instagram Feed (2.3)
Smush (3.6)
TablePress (1.11)
Yoast SEO (13.4)

The following theme will receive major updates as part of the 1.16.9 release of the CUNY Academic Commons, scheduled for April 28, 2020:

Customizr (4.2)
OceanWP (1.8)
Sydney (1.60)
Twenty Eleven (3.4)
Twenty Fifteen (2.6)
Twenty Fourteen (2.8)
Twenty Nineteen (1.5)
Twenty Seventeen (2.3)
Twenty Sixteen (2.1)
Twenty Ten (3.0)
Twenty Thirteen (3.0)
Twenty Twelve (3.1)
Twenty Twenty (1.2)

For more details on major update releases, please visit our release schedule and procedures page..

Commons 1.16.8

I’ve just released version 1.16.8 of the CUNY Academic Commons. This maintenance release is a major-update release for plugins and themes. The release also addresses the following issues:

Improvements to the Subject and From fields in email notifications related to group forum posts
Fixed bug that could cause slider navigation on Courses directory to be hidden or inaccessible
Improved footer navigation on mobile devices
New CommentPress-focused theme

For complete details, visit the 1.16.8 milestone.